'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. (June)Ĭopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Betty Webb does a better job with the contemporary polygamy theme in Desert Lost. Hidden Wives Avery, Claire 3.71 avg rating (2,221 ratings by Goodreads) Softcover ISBN 10: 0765363747ISBN 13: 9780765363749 Publisher: Forge Books, 2011 This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. The violence, sexual abuse, and the predictable consequences of inbreeding aren't for the faint of heart, but readers should also be prepared for more melodrama than drama. Both girls, after exposure to the outside world, consider leaving the community. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Shocking and empowering, Hidden Wives is a page-turning debut that will stay with the reader.

Male members, by contrast, can only attain the highest level of heaven by taking at least three wives.Â Prophet Silver, the movement's leader, decrees that Sara must marry her father's half-brother, and singles out the attractive Rachel for his own special attention. Claire Avery has woven a stunning tale that could be ripped from today's headlines. This undistinguished debut by the pseudonymous Avery (two sisters who were raised in a fundamentalist Catholic community) focuses on a horrifically oppressive Utah religious sect.Â Young female members of Blood of the Lamb, like sisters Sara and Rachel Shaw, are generally wedded by the age of 15, assigned to be sealed for all time and all eternity in a celestial marriage.

Hidden Wives by Claire Avery